Our Staff

	Lisa Rupnik (she/her) Station Manager Since 2018, Lisa has worn many hats at CJLO (both figuratively and literally). Besides hosting her show The Last Stop, she has worked as the station’s Head Music Director, Music Librarian, a contributor to the online magazine and as a DJ for special events. She knows of all the great opportunities that CJLO can offer and hopes that in her time as manager, she can help new members have the same positive experiences that she had. If you get to know her, you will find out she is also an avid record collector, a “no nonsense” film lover and feels that her personality can be best defined by her two favourite bands: YMO and Sparks.
	Cameron McIntyre (he/him) Program Director Cam's history in radio started at CHMA 106.9FM, a community campus radio station in Sackville, New Brunswick. While there, Cam had a couple of music shows focusing mostly on experimental and punk music. He started doing talk radio when he moved to Montreal to get a Master's degree in philosophy and met the Audio Penpals. Their show focused on topics related to Montreal's disability community. Now, he's back doing experimental on Shaking The Habitual. Other than radio, he's into cooking, biking around Montreal, sitting around outside, art, and reads both light and heavy.
	Aviva Majerczyk (she/her) Head Music Director Edmonton-born, Virginia-raised, Aviva is currently a Media Studies master's student here at Concordia. She started as a CJLO volunteer in her first year of undergrad in 2017, before heading up her show The Alley in 2019. She worked as the Magazine Editor before starting as Head MD. Growing up around radio stations, Aviva has always had a passion for music and broadcasting and has loved being able to explore that at the CJLO over the years. When not in the booth, you can probably find her going to gigs around Montreal.
	Zach Bruce (He/Him) Production Director After studying Audio Engineering in Halifax NS, Zack moved to Montreal in 2016 and first joined the CJLO team in 2019. He oversees the operation of CJLO’s production studio, and runs live recording sessions with local and touring acts. Outside of CJLO, Zack is active in the local scene as a recording/mixing engineer & producer.
	Taïna Nijimbere (She/Her) Volunteer Coordinator As a first year political science student, Taina knew she wanted to get involved in campus radio immediately. Born in Montreal, raised partially in Alberta & Saskatchewan, Taina has the opportunity to experience different genres of music all over Canada. Her love of music, singing & writing started early at the age of 4 when she bought her first Destiny’s Child record. Taina’s love for female friendships & multiple music genres led her to starting her own radio show; Whatever She Wants. Her dedication to her station, meeting new people & creating community led her to become the Volunteer Coordinator for the Fall semester. When Taina’s not at the radio, you can find her writing songs and painting in the park with her friends or watching Zoe Kravitz’s High Fidelity for the millionth time
	Sam Kitch Magazine Editor A second-year coms student raised in the middle of nowhere, British Columbia, Sam Kitch thanks his introverted personality and nerdy dad for his love of music. While Sam’s taste encompasses everything from industrial pop to acid jazz, his true love is hip-hop - to the point where he felt he had to start a radio show presenting it (I Think You Might Like This every Tuesday at 2!). Sam has been a CJLO volunteer for as long as he's been at Concordia, being involved with the magazine as often as the wonderful staff will let him. When not listening to music, Sam can be found biking, annoying his roommates, and wishing he was closer to the mountains.
	Jennifer Zipper (they/them) Associate Content Editor A recent graduate of Concordia University’s Communication Studies program, Jen was first drawn to CJLO as a volunteer due to the closeness of the community and the chance to discover local artists. Outside of campus radio work, you can find them binge-watching full seasons of It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, watching musical theatre productions, cooking, and buying way too many scented candles.
	Adam Inniss (He/Him) Journalist Adam Inniss is a reporter and writer who has been all across, around, up and down Canada. Adam has reported for CBC, CityNews, the Coast, and CKDU radio in Halifax Nova Scotia. Now firmly planted in Montreal, Adam is eager to broadcast a solid range of reporting on the CJLO airwaves.
	Sydney Sheedy (She/They) Audio-Journalist Sydney, originally from Katarokwi (Kingston ON) has been living in Tiohtià:ke (Montréal) since 2010. She recently finished a PhD in Interdisciplinary Humanities at Concordia on the rise of magic, astrology, and related occult practices as resources for community building and political work in Montréal. They are particularly interested in history of knowledge, critical race and postcolonial theory, movement building, affect, science studies, and queer temporalities, and she does ethnography in Montréal. Sydney has done talk radio on n10.as and CKUT, and thinks of radio as a perfect methodology and companion to community-based research and activism.
	Piper Curtis (They/Them) Audio-Journalist Piper Curtis is an independent artist, musician, and academic, invested in exploring alternative modes of storytelling. They live, work, and create within the unceded lands currently known as Montreal. Piper holds a masters in media studies from Concordia University, having completed their FRQSC-funded research-creation thesis in the Spring of 2024. Their thesis examines the world of queer and trans, politically-left Instagram memes and their potential as collaborative digital-storytelling and community-building tools. Their background in campus-community radio spans over a decade across several stations, and they are currently co-producing the new docuseries Discordia here at CJLO 1690 AM. Image Description: A colour photo of Piper, a white trans/non-binary person with a blonde mullet, wearing a black tank top and large headphones around their neck, smiling at the camera.
	Serena Abouljoud (She/Her) News Director Born and raised in Lebanon, Serena Abouljoud is a journalism student at Concordia who aims to shed as much light as possible on issues within marginalized communities. She began volunteering at CJLO in January 2024, and has since then produced extensive coverage on student movements, such as the McGill encampment, as well as other protests for Palestine and Lebanon. She feels that it is her duty to help boost the censored voices of Palestinian and Lebanese journalists. Outside the station, she is either at a protest, community event, or a cute cafe with her best friends!
	Remi Caron (he/him) Equipment Manager Remi Caron has been with CJLO since 2013 and has hosted At The Movies (With Iconic Sounds), a show that is part movie talk and part playing some of the iconic soundtracks or scores to cinema alongside regualr show co-host Danny Aubry. In addition he has been CJLO's Equipment Manager since 2014. His two favourite directors of all time would be Martin Scorsese and Stanley Kubrick. You can also find Remi in the CJLO vault organizing the various genre sections, which he claims is a Zen experience. His philosophy on life is that you never start off the morning without a good coffee. Also he is open to having discussions about the latest releases in theatres.
	Angelica Calcagnile (She/Her) Art Director Whether a cheaply photocopied black & white flyer, or a large fancy poster printed with the finest metallic inks, Angelica believes everything deserves to to be beautiful, and she's been using her professional experience in graphic design, marketing and production to provide the bulk of CJLO's branding and design work since 2001. She also hosts BVST, billed the best (and worst) of rock'n'roll, country, punk and metal, which is the longest continually running show on CJLO.
	Andrew Wieler (He/Him) Metal Music Director Andrew, host of Grade A Explosives, oversees the metal section of the station. He enjoys sleeping and usually doesn't want to talk to anyone. Don't be fooled though, he can also chat your ear off about metal, indie rock, robot uprisings, or industrial music.
	Kelly Belfo (she/her) WorldMusic Director World Music Director since 2003, Kelly Belfo helped build the world music department from the ground up. From CJLO's world music library now overflowing with great music from Montreal and abroad to a stellar Saturday line-up of music from the Caribbean and around the world, it is no wonder that CJLO is highly recognized in the world music scene. CJLO world music department also work closely with Festival International Nuits D'Afrique, Mundial Montreal, and Montreal International Reggae Festival.
	Jason Regy (He/Him) RPM Music Director After volunteering at CSKY - John Abbott College's student radio station, he decided to try his hand at being a radio host at CJLO. Since starting Rigged Sessions, he has garnered the attention of many producers and DJs - some of who have played at major festivals and signed their tracks to major labels, or even own their own labels - as well as record labels of many electronic genres! As he developed a friendship with them, some of them decided to create guest mixes on his show! Rigged Jasn combines his DJing skills with his (supposedly really attractive) radio voice, his connections to the industry as well as his motto - there's something for everyone when it comes to electronic music - to provide a unique radio experience which no one else has been able to provide through Rigged Sessions.
	Sam Roberts (He/Him) Hip Hop Music Director Originally from Calgary, AB, Sam moved to Montreal at the start of 2023 to expand his career in audio post-production and filmmaking. He quickly became an avid listener of CJLO as a lifelong music buff, and joined the team the summer of that year. Sam utilizes his background in cinema to produce programming, ads and announcements for CJLO and assists with recording Live Sessions. He will be attending Concordia as a student in Fall 2023 in the Film Studies program. Outside the studio, you can find Sam making music, exploring his new home of Montreal, watching pro wrestling, or searching for the perfect '80s B-movie.

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